Foie gras
One of the most contentious foods. California State Senator John Burton says foie gras cultivation is cruel and has got it banned from the state from 2012. But he wants it banned from the nation. What about the cruelty to those millions and millions of chickens we eat daily?
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Duck & goose - 12 Dec 2011
Duck and goose, full of dark flavor, make a sumptuous Christmas change from chicken and turkey and their carcasses provide a rich soup stock. read more...
A festive 'Special': Foie Gras Creme Caramel - 12 Dec 2011
This is one of those glamorous recipes you pay a fortune for in high end restaurants which, according to Christophe and Michelle Poteaux, owners and chefs of Bastille, who make it, turns out not to be too difficult to do. (And no objections to the foie gras, if you please, until you address how battery chickens that are eaten far more frequently are raised.) read more...
Foie gras and confits - 6 Nov 2011
I've just come across this video of Dan Barber of the Blue Hill Farm complex and restaurant in upstate New York. Please give it a look, whether you're a foie gras fan or violently opposed. read more...
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